The Urban Fisherman

lol Averie wasn't waking us up until 7:50 am. And we had to drag the boy out of bed! I imagine they'll get us up earlier next year! Merry christmas cudz!

Awesome!!!!!! Just awesome! Merry Christmas!

I'd love to write a story but I might get in trouble from Santa's little helper who's still hard at work.... Hahaha

That's EXACTLY the one I was talking about! lol I would have loved to keep my pontoon but when I got the G3 I had to sell it to buy some needed extra's for my new rig... I miss it though for my little reservoir when the park closes and the only way in is on foot.

Hey Lasz, I had a white river pontoon from Bass Pro Shops. It served me well, was quite rugged and handled a ton of weight once I added all kinds of extra toys to it.. lol It was rigged up with with an electric motor, rod holders, a seat, fish finder w/ GPS the whole deal. The only thing I would have changed was getting the model that had split pontoons or dual chambers or whatever they're called for a little extra safety. Good Luck! Ryan

I just upsized from my Xterra to something that will fit my soon to be larger family, but our 2000 Nissan Xterra was absolutely bullet proof. Pushing 300,000 KM's and still running like a charm. I'd have bought a newer one if I didn't need room for 3 car seats! Now we're in a 2004 Durango Limited and so far so good!

Thanks Bunk! Always a pleasure... And a touch of jealousy! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

if this was facebook I'd "like" your thread TJ! haha bring on the snow and more importantly THE ICE! Cheers, Ryan

Thanks Kickin - apparently I'm not getting much this year! haha I though the truck was a family gift? Thanks buddy - we have to hit the ice this year for sure! Thanks Craig, Merry Christmas to you and your family as well! Glad to know you've been happy with the Durango! lol we looked at the Aspen's Bob but holy crap they're WWWAAAYYYYYYY more expensive... for pretty much the same truck! Our's is the "limited" edition which pretty much comes with all the options you get in an Aspan Wait t'ill the lake freezes over down here buddy - then we can head out with the Clam and enjoy an evenin' icin' some feeeesh! I'll let you know what my holidays are like as soon as I figure them out... what did you get for a ride? Jacques - Mon Ami! I can't thank you enough for your kind gesture! I'd never have the patience to drill all those holes man! lol Hug's to Averie for sure... she's been on my case to get out ice fishing but we don't have Ice yet so it's going to be a couple more weeks yet. Thanks again and Happy Holidays!

Thanks Mike! All the best my friend!

Smallie - good luck with the truck search dude! We looked at all of the above and liked the Durango the best. Price point was anbig factor for us and we seemed to be able to get a newer Durango with less mileage for the same price! Lots of room for 3 car seats in the middle row and a backup third row for grandparents. Let me know how your search goes! Thanks Dozer! As soon as we get ice Averie and I will be back at it! Hopefully well have enough ice for Christmas!

wow - she's cute buddy! Don't you think you get enough gifts throughout the year with all those big beautiful steelies? Had to treat yourself to an awesome lookin' little puppy to eh? haha enjoy man! Best wishes over the holidays! Cheers, Ryan

Hey guys, Gotta keep this short as I'd like to bang if off and get to cookin' some breakfast before the whole family wakes up! First off is an overdue thanks to our friend Leechman! He sent me an AWESOME gift for all of us fish-a-thon'ers to enjoy next season! Thanks for the custom made Cribbage Board Jacques! Averie and I are figuring it out! Complete with the 2010 participants online handles Second update is that we've been looking for a new SUV for a little while now, and finally found one for a sweet deal that suits our needs! This is our new to us Durango. Fully loaded, 4x4, 5.7 L Hemi the whole deal. Shouldn't have any trouble towing the G3 Jon boat. lol Lots of room for baby #3 and a DVD player to boot! Onto the house and part of the reason I haven't had any fishing reports lately is we've been busy getting our final reno's done. We had an energy audit done on the house and received enough grant money to do new doors, toilet, furnace, fireplace and insulation. Because we did all the work ourselves and bought the equipment wholesale through my father-in-law we managed to do all of this without having to spend a penny out of our own pockets! I miss the old wooden insert, but gas is easy and much more efficient. Took 30 large bags of insulation to bring our house up to R50 And lastly - but most importantly, while decorating for Christmas I came to startling discovery. Frosty uses marshmallow's for steelheading. That's right folks.. he's a "flooser". Anyways, Happy Holidays! Hopefully I'll have some ice fishing reports soon! Cheers, Ryan & Family

Biggest Largie... caught on an 80 acre lake in south western ontario... 23 inches head to toe - caught on a wacky rigged sink worm about an hour before sunrise on september 4th Biggest Smallies... lake erie piggies... tube jigs

A huge congrats to you Dave! You're a great guy to work for and an even better friend! Well deserved!

Double Rum - Tall Glass! I tried to keep up with the doubles at a Christmas party a couple of years ago... Ginny had to drive home the next morning!

Glad to hear it went well and that they didn't slice anything in the wrong spot buddy!

Nothin' here Wayne it just rained all night... It better wait until I can put some cash together for a new truck!

If you read the article you'll realize that it's a simple case of nuclear mutation.. the kid found it in Pickering! Cool story!

right on man - nice big fat fish!

haha Good Luck buddy - from Myself, Ginny, Averie and Luke!

I've never stayed at the breezes before, and the only fishing I did was on South Andros, but I'm thinking the conditions are likely very similar... I fished from shore with a spinning rod and a good old jig and grub just like your regular walleye set up. Caught all kinds of little critters right from the beach. I imagine little crank baits would do quite well also. Not that this helps a whole lot, but it worked for me! Good luck and enjoy the trip! Cheers, Ryan

Nice Chrome - and shack buddy! Love the underwater shots. Cheers, Ryan

NIPFISHER - for some reason it won't let me quote you! I tried to get "fixed" but that was when Luke was just a freshy and the doc's wouldn't do it because I was a young father with young kids yadda yadda... so Ginny went back on birth control, and we must have "practiced" a little to much!

Thanks buddy - you thought it was hard to find a day for us to fish before... Thanks Joey! I'm just trying to increase the female population here on OFC of you girls! haha haha Thanks John! I'm out bedrooms in the house now so we have no choice but to stop! Plus the boat is going to be jammed! Thanks - I have a family member who had something like 16 miscariges before giving up... So that's why I would NEVER complain about having more kids even though they weren't planned. There's people all over the world who want them and can't have them so we should consider ourselves VERY lucky! Best wishes to you my friend!